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Bballchico’s albums. The big ramp-truck send-off column. Jim Eshelman sent the following three images, which he took at his first AHRA national event at Beeline Dragway in early 1967.

"I was 17 years old; man, how time flies," he wrote. This is Al Vanderwoude's famed Flying Dutchman. Just as the ramp trucks themselves passed into history, to be replaced by enclosed trailers, then fifth-wheel trailers, and ultimately 18-wheelers, so too must end (for now) the history of ramp trucks here. Oh sure, I could (and probably will) continue to receive images until trailers no longer have tires but float along on cushions of air on highways in the sky, but I thought I’d give this popular thread a massive send-off today. It has been tremendous fun, and I've received tons and tons of thank-yous from the Insider Nation for looking back at this great period in our sport's history. My quick count shows about 57 truck photos … damn, would have liked to have had 64. OK, on with the show.

This car is a replica of a 1967 Shelby 427SC Cobra Roadster. This car was built from a Kit from ERA Replicas in New Britain, CT. ERA makes a very accurate replica of the 427SC Cobra and their website provides a wealth of good information on the design of their 427SC Roadster. We are in the process of building our own 427SC Cobra Roadster. The 427SC Cobra was, until recently, the highest performance production vehicle available. The 427SC was originally made with the Ford Big Block 427 FE Side-Oiler motor and an independent rear suspension (IRS). Ford 427 FE Motor in an ERA 427SC ERA IRS with Competition Outboard Brakes. Exclusive Motoring Dodge Charger SRT8 Super Bee By Forgiato wheels - SUPERCARS SHOW. Customized Dodge Charger SRT8 Super Bee by Exclusive Motoring om lowered on color matched 22″ Forgiato wheels.with black painted roof and trunk panel, smoked lights, yellow painted brake calipers, Magnaflow exhaust.

If You Like This Post Share It With Your Friends. Mustang GT500 Eleanor HD Desktop Wallpapers. Views: 1,369 Date: December 21 2014 At the heart of the history of the model Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 is the company’s cooperation with the famous Ford Motor racer Carroll Shelby, who won in 1959, the famous 24-hour race at Lehmann.

This legendary man who walked close nicknamed old (Cobra), marked the beginning of momentous issue with the prefix Shelby Mustangs. Thanks to Carroll Shelby, were built all the most famous landmark and model Mustangs. With his help, Ford has achieved a dominant position on the various racing in the sixties of the last century. Progenitor of the Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 is Ford AC 260 Roadster, a test that involved Carroll Shelby in 1962. The founder of Mustangs Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 came in 1965 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 to buy can be difficult and was created some excitement when the buyer took your car at night, so it is not sold to someone else, while writing a check.
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All photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. The one-of-one built 1967 Shelby G.T. 500 Super Snake may never have been, except for a conversation between Carroll Shelby and car sales executive (and former Shelby American employee) Don McCain. McCain suggested that there was room atop the supercar food chain for a Shelby-tuned Mustang even higher in performance than the G.T. 500, perhaps using the 427-cu.in. V-8 from the Ford GT40 Mk II race car. Shelby directed engineer Fred Goodell to make it so. Though McCain was adamant that he could sell as many as 50 Super Snakes for Shelby American, production was limited to just the single example built using an existing G.T. 500 reserved for the Goodyear “Thunderbolt” tire test (to be entirely accurate, two other 1967 Shelby G.T. 500s were constructed with the 427-cu.in.

“Eleanor,” as built for the 2000 remake of Gone in 60 Seconds.
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